, 1887-09-08

ern' railroad will ba working mp
good big local subsidy for il. Capi-
talists. properly owners aud citizens
Asreabouts snd ali along the line Of
The proposed road should show their
faith IA il, aud their desire to aid it. |
~ subscribing hbsTally to its stock |
Not one OF them lives but will lie i'm
nsasuresbly benefited financially by |
the New enterprise What we need
GOV most Is 10 manifest the true spir
u Of life and progression.
Whstcom has become tired waiting
Tor outside capitalists to build a rail-
road - that burg, and has finally de-
terniRed to mako a beginning on
home effort. Stock in the Bsllingham
Boy K II. & Nav. Go. il being sold to
resident property holders, and Sir.
Oanssld expects 10 leave for Boston
soon to negotiate bonds for building
tbs first section OF the road. We NAV
Dow look for something substantial
&c be accomplished. From all indi-
cations the Whatcom people are tax
ing hold with u will.
Tacoma is sgitating the University
question at great rate A vigorous
circular address has been sent out
snbodying an appeal for subscrip-
lions, and 4 mass meeting is to be
hsld there Monday evening. w. D.
Tyler il one Of the local committee.
he xAs appointed by the Conference
last year e member Of the board of
trustees commissioned to build the
University at Port Townsend, but he
never attended q meeting of the
board, aHd las turned his attention
to an effort to defeat the object for
which be was appointed. By the
way, Tacoma is paying a fine compli-
ssat TO the Conference. That body
located the University at Port Town
send last fall, for a fifty thousand
dollar bonus. The bonus has been
pledged in full, according to the ap-
pFaisenent and report Of a disinter-
sstsd committeeman now, the peo-
pie at the terminus are trying to raise
. bonus large enough to induce Con-
ference to violate its contact. They
evidently believe that the honor of
Asthodist preachers is n cheap com
modify.
4 prominent railroad man from
Eastern Washington says that the
sport Townsend Southern embodies
the correct idea. He is heavy grain
shipper from the inland empire, and
gives it as his judgment, nat the
Eost practicable outlet fu'ly for
Eastern Washiagton's surpln pro-
duet will be by rail TO connect with
She road to Port Townsend Bay.
Wouldn't 1t be joke on the Seattle
and Tacoma people if, while they are
quarreling about the landing place
for wheat from east of the mountains,
the Port Townsend outlet should re-
heve both Of them from the response
bility of the situation? Seriously
there are the best Of reasons for ccn-
ssding that the eastern Washington
shipper is correct in his estimate.
Did experienced ship masters say that
ssven-tenths of the vessels coming to
Puget Sound sail as far as Port
Townsend Bay, while seven-t tenths of
those going to points further inland
have to employ tugs. The same rule
applies to outward bound vessels.
Anyone who is familiar with marine
commercial statistics knows that the
cost aud delays of towage form an
important item in the expense of wa
ter transportation. Why may not
the grain from the interior be brought
70 our bay while it is cars, rather
chan to be landed on the east side Of
the Sound from whence water trans
yorsation is SO much more expensive
than from heref Why nots
As the meeting of the trustees of
the University, held in Seattle, there
Ssrs present; Hon. Watson G. Squire,
president; N. D. Hill, treasurer: Al,
len Weir, secretary; ]. N. Dendison,
O. Il Bradshaw, j. r. Lewis d. T..
Denny, ]. Dillon. After investiga-
tisn the appraisement committee re-
ported verbally that they found the
Port Townsend bonus fully pledged.
Some OF the subscriptions, however,
had not yet been secured absolutely
In legal shape, although the commit
Zee were fully satisfied personally
chat substantial compliance with the
order OF Conference had been made,
and that they were bona fde sub
scriptions fully covering the amount
rsquirsd. Upon an..agreemont to fur
ash written guaranty sufficient to
secure all subscriptions, in which
there was any irregularity, the ap-l
praisement committee was directed
to report that the bonus agreed upon
had been pledged in full; they were
directed to transmit to the Confer
snee, through the secretary of the
board full report, embodying copy
Of all business done by the board. |
The appraisment committee, Messrs-
Lewis, Danny and Dillon, were also
commissioned to appear at Confer
snes in person and represent the
matter in all its details So the ques.
tion will come up squarely on the
Conference foor--and the only al
tentative OF building here will be